Kurtulmuş also lashed out at comments from Germany’s spy chief, who said Ankara had not provided convincing evidence that the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen was behind the July 2016 failed coup attempt, calling the comments “unacceptable”.

According to Kurtulmuş, Turkey’s security units have also foiled a total of 153 “significant incidents,” including bomb and suicide attacks, over the past six months.

Turkey and Germany have been locked in a deepening diplomatic row after some cities banned Turkish ministers from speaking to rallies of expatriate Turks on public safety grounds. Kurtulmuş called the bans “unacceptable.”